Free Speech
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Professor fired after questioning social justice funding gets $2.4M settlement from college
Federal judge had greenlit related First Amendment lawsuit against diversity, equity and inclusion rules last fall. Parties were awaiting ruling by administrative law judge on Matthew Garrett's firing.
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Censored professors notch wins in legal fights over DEI dogma, depictions of Prophet Muhammad
University of Oregon tried to dismiss claim by sending $20 in the mail, because professor asked for symbolic $17.91 in nominal damages. Catholic college receives legal threat for firing professor over Trump assassination post.
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'Egregiously wrong' again? SCOTUS urged to junk precedent widely used to suppress pro-life speech
After a quarter-century of prohibiting pro-lifers from getting within 8 feet of people entering abortion facilities, blessed by SCOTUS and copied nationwide, Colorado bans pro-life apparel in Capitol, drawing legal threat.
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Censorship noose tightens across West with Biden White House, Trudeau's Canada, EU bureaucrat moves
The White House recently appointed a censorship advocate to the office known for repeatedly giving marching orders to social media platforms on content the White House dislikes.
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Mean speech not protected at public universities, appeals courts rule
USC takes seven months to decide that calling anti-Israel activists "ignorant" and telling them "Hamas are murderers" is not discrimination, harassment or "unsafe environment," Jewish professor subject to probe says.
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Publisher of mass shooter's writings at risk, but establishment media, press advocates eschew story
Leahy and his outlet maintain that no wrongdoing was committed while reporting on the story, but media advocates are eerily silent on the free press issues.
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Censorship funeral or reincarnation? Disinformation police defiant after Stanford guts project
Election Integrity Partnership suddenly claims it "finished its work" after 2022 election. University of Washington "affirms our unwavering support" for EIP co-lead Center for an Informed Public as Director Kate Starbird goes on offense.
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White House calls pro-Palestine protests at site honoring Oct. 7 victims 'horrifying'
White House continues its pattern of condemning protests that are perceived as antisemitic
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Students sue UCLA over 'Jew Exclusion Zone' as debates over intolerance grip campuses
"If masked agitators had excluded any other marginalized group at UCLA, Governor Newsom rightly would have sent in the National Guard immediately," law firm says. UCLA disputes that moving event online is caving to pro-Palestine protesters.
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UPenn issues new rules on protests that bans encampments after pro-Palestine protests
The university also banned projections on buildings and the use of permanent substances on the college's surfaces. Student protesters are allowed to protest speakers on the campus, but must still allow them to share their viewpoints.
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Supreme Court sides with NRA in free speech case against ex-New York official
The ruling was unanimous and will reverse a lower court decision.
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Amid protest violence, University of Washington gets legal permission to punish parody
Biden-appointed judge "gave too much credence" to UW claim that parody "land acknowledgment" by instructor Stuart Reges disrupted campus, lawyer says, promising 9th Circuit appeal. University threatened to fire him if he does it again.
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AG Kobach: Anti-Israel protesters at University of Kansas 'loudmouths,' with demands against the law
Friday marks the a third day of demonstrations at the school over Israel's war with Palestinian-backed Hamas in Gaza.